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Case Study: Marketing and Database Analysis Program
Property Description
The State of Louisiana hosts 15 riverboat casinos, pari-mutuel facilities and one land based commercial casino in New Orleans. Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's is one of three land based tribal casinos in the state and is located about an hour in either direction from their nearest competitor. They have 1375 slots, 50 table games, live action poker room, simulcast racing, an event center, nightclub and six restaurants.
Cypress has been a client of Raving since summer 2009, when they started with our Slot Ambassador Program. Since then, Raving has partnered with them on a Guest Service Design Program (see case study below), Marketing & Database Analysis, Table Games Analysis, Host and Player Development.
We asked Shannon Redmond, Director of Marketing, to share some specific marketing challenges that Raving helped Cypress overcome through their Marketing and Database Analysis program. She shared with us:
I see SUCH huge differences in what we do now as compared to what we did before Raving. For the month of March 2011 – our year over year gaming revenue has gone up +8.5%. Our competition: Evangeline Downs (-7.8%), Amelia Bell (-7.5%), Baton Rouge Market (-6.7%). These were just a few of the challenges and solutions we worked on with Raving:
Challenge 1: How do we utilize our database more effectively?
We were sending mass mail to everyone in our database; the same mail piece with the same information to every person who had been in our door for the past year.
Raving Solution:
Target players utilizing worth segmentation including demographics, ADT etc.
- Significant cost savings in direct mail program.
- Targeted current players of value versus "anyone" in database.
- Taught us what customer to target with what promotion.
- Taught us to look at what level customer was actually participating in what promotion – leading to more targeted promotions.
Challenge 2: We run promotions, but have found that we are doing the same types of promotions over and over. How we make ourselves stand out from the competition? How do we measure the results?
Raving Solution:
Utilize different types and varieties of promotions that had been proven in the industry. Create clear objectives and goals for different promotions.
- Promotions results show an increase in customer participation and increase in spend per head for the group participating. This is directly related to the creation of "threshold promotions" where the reward is earned. Prior to Raving, the promotions were primarily Hot Seat promotions (everyone had an equal shot of winning) and no play level required.
- Never before did we have promotions to drive midweek traffic that resulted in increased revenues.
- Positive customer feedback, including comments on how it is more "fun"; huge improvement in morale on the floor with employees by getting every department involved in the promotions – one particular promotion had an increase of 30% in participation with the only difference being the involvement of the employees.
- Our IT staff now supplies the RIGHT data – and we've created entirely new promotions while being able to track and show results that actually mean something. The format has been designed where ease of measuring results has lead to much more effective proformas that can be used as tools for planning the next promotion, as well as showing results.
Challenge 3: Are our gifts appropriate and helping drive carded play?
Focus groups administered by Raving helped with "what the customer wants" – and by utilizing this data:
- The Gift of the Month program has consistently shown an increase in spend per head 20% higher than the average spend per head
- Carded coin in has increased since the Raving changes have been implemented: 1st quarter 2010 (prior to Raving) 69.8%; 1st quarter 2011 (Raving changes implemented) 71.5%
Case Study: Slot Ambassador
Property Description
Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa is a tribal casino located in Northwest Washington State in Ferndale, approximately 100 miles from Seattle and within 15 minutes of the Canadian border. Offering Las Vegas style gaming with approximately 975 slots, 20 tables and a 106 room hotel, Silver Reef is in a competitive gaming environment catering to a strong local's market as well as tourists.
According to Marty Sauvage, Director of Slots:
With the onset of TITO, Silver Reef needed to transform traditional slot attendant jobs from selling change and tickets to player development specialists.
- Their players club card utilization was low.
- New players club sign-ups were not significant.
Based on the needs stated by Marty, Raving recommended its on-site Slot Ambassador program for Silver Reef. This program encompasses training former "slot attendants" in developing customer service and sales skills. Specifically, these skills would address Silver Reef's challenges of encouraging users to play with their cards; signing up new players to the club and creating a more comprehensive customer service role.
This program would also train employees to effectively "sell" other amenities at the casinos; to successfully communicate and sign up players for marketing promotions; to engage comfortably in conflict resolution; and to develop further skills around customer engagement. While on-site Raving would tailor training scenarios to fit Silver Reef's specific challenges. Silver Reef had Raving work directly with front-line slot department staff, slot supervisors, pit supervisors, dual rates and shift managers.
The Win
According to Marty, not only were the initial challenges addressed but several beneficial by-products occurred after this training:
- Early indicators showing higher card-in usage and increased players club sign ups.
- By including both slot and table games staff and supervisors, the "message" to customers has been much more consistent.
- The "regulars" have noticed a more positive attitude from the Silver Reef team.
- The ambassadors are much more proactive and comfortable in engaging guests.
- There is much more dialogue between customers and the new ambassadors.
- Sliver Reef is creating a rewards program specifically for the slot ambassadors.
- This program is now being used as a training tool for shift managers.
- In the future, this program will be a "must" for anyone who comes into contact with guests on the floor.
Case Study: Host & Player Development Sales Skills & Training
Propery Description
L'Auberge Du Lac Casino Resort (Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.) features 30,000 square feet of non-stop Vegas style action with more than 60 table games and 1,600 slots. The premier gulf coast resort destination in Lake Charles, LA, offers 1000 luxurious hotel rooms and suites plus a championship Tom Fazio golf course, Spa du Lac, an array of award-winning restaurants, unique shopping and more!
Kirk Houser, Senior Director of Player Development had a host and player development department that was based on a traditional model-specifically relying on delivery of comps and keeping existing players happy.
Kirk envisioned a pro-active, professional "sales team" that would drive more gaming revenue long term; encourage loyal players to greater worth; better manage their already heavy amenity and reinvestment program; and not show any gaming decreases in the current challenged economy.
Kirk reached out to Raving to create a gaming specific, very targeted, meaningful and non-generic training program that his player development staff and hosts could relate to.
First, Raving created a skills training curriculum that focused on critical player development concepts and proficiencies and partnered this with a workshop program centered on goals and strategies designed by the property.
Because of the success of the first program, Raving returned to do an advanced primer to reinforce and polish the initial training and to do additional training focused on specific player database reinvestment.
The Win
From the two programs, Kirk's team was able to create a new model for their host and player development department, custom to L'Auberge, based on a series of best practices and policies; goal setting; and skills training to manage and develop customer relationships.
This new program has resulted in:
- A reputation of consistent and superior guest service.
- Increased efficiencies and improved communication within the department and the entire organization.
- A very effective comp reinvestment philosophy and strategy, where everyone is on the "same page."
To learn more about L'Auberge, call reservations at (866) 580-7444 or visit www.idlcasino.com.
Case Study: Marketing and Database Analysis Program
Property Description
Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort is a naturally breathtaking casino and hotel nestled among the pines and cedars of the scenic Kitsap Peninsula. This expansive, luxurious retreat offers four-diamond amenities and a wide array of indoor and outdoor pleasures including a full-service spa, zero entry pool and of course, the endless excitement of video poker, craps, keno and roulette. The resort is a half-hour ferry ride from downtown Seattle.
According to the Senior Management Team at Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, they were looking for some specific tools to answer the following questions:
- Are we reinvesting too much in our players; are our players club reinvestment levels on target?
- How do we stay within our marketing budget? Is our marketing budget appropriate to our desired results?
- How do we utilize our database more effectively?
- We run promotions, we're busy, the head count is great, but how do we improve our ROI?
- Demographics- how do we reach out further and how much should we spend on that reach?
Based on the challenges listed above, Raving recommended a Marketing Reinvestment Program. The program entailed two senior Raving consultants conducting database review and analysis, financial budgets for marketing and promotions and providing Clearwater with innovative working spreadsheets and templates for future planning and implementation of promotions, player development and direct marketing.
The Win
"The Raving team provided us with a variety of options regarding the challenges listed above. The innovative database analysis and spreadsheets allowed us to look at our entire player base with new goals and objectives for player development and promotions. We will be incorporating the marketing and database analysis as part of our 2011 marketing plan. They understood our challenges and we were very pleased with the way they worked with our team to understand and provide us with alternatives to approach our reinvestment programs. We have engaged the same two consultants to partner with us for review and analysis over the next four quarters."
Direct Mail Analytical Toolkit Matrices and Training
A shift in focus from growth to more efficient means of reinvestment necessitated the need for increased analytics at Sho Ka Wah Casino located in Northern California. Raving sent the team of Nicole Barker [Raving Partner Datatase & Loyalty Marketing] and Tami Jones [Raving Partner Direct Marketing, CSG Direct Mail] to work hand in hand with the Sho Ka Wah team.
"Nicole and Tami did a wonderful job. I feel that for the first time, Sho Ka Wah is equipped to structure, run and analyze a comprehensive direct mail strategy that is both effective and efficient. This was the last piece of the puzzle that has been missing. Now we have the needed tools to execute and truly impact business results. We have a young, dedicated and very talented marketing team that will put this new knowledge and the analytical tools to immediate use. The entire team came away with a great deal from this training. Nicole is a great resource and we appreciate her experience, expertise and advice" Roman W. Carrillo, Jr., Director of Marketing, Sho Ka Wah Casino
A Full Service Partner: Service, PD, Player Tracking …
"Raving Consulting offers a wide array of services that we have used at River Spirit. Raving established our first employee service initiatives, helped River Spirit develop our Player Development Program, analyzed the effectiveness of our player tracking system, and will soon be helping us analyze our media/advertising efforts. We see Raving as a valuable marketing resource and ally. " Mr. Bob Dimmick, Director of Marketing, River Spirit Casino
Case Study: Guest Service Design Program
Property Description
The State of Louisiana hosts 15 riverboat casinos, pari-mutuel facilities and one land based commercial casino in New Orleans. Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's is one of three land based tribal casinos in the state and is located about an hour in either direction from their nearest competitor. They have 1375 slots, 50 table games, live action poker room, simulcast racing, an event center, nightclub and six restaurants.
Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's already had in place a successful comprehensive training program befitting their distinctive company culture that combines their unique geographical location as well as the goals of their tribe. Training for all team members is a priority at Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's and a key element to their training has always been significant emphasis on employee recognition and rewards.
Being highly in tune with all employees, Joy Reaux, Human Resources Manager, shared that it was time to append and reenergize their existing training to be able to:
- Take their guest service to a higher level.
- Increase loyalty of guests.
- Create a comprehensive measurement tool to evaluate their service and to utilize this tool to develop more extensive employee performance incentives.
To achieve the Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's goals, Raving worked hand in hand with frontline and senior management to create a customized guest service program that would invigorate their many loyal long-term employees and inspire new employees. The newly built guest service program at Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's includes branding, custom service standards, training modules and a quarterly evaluation method. This evaluation tool is designed around the new standards created by Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's and is based on a mathematical system that allows for clear, numeric scoring.
Joy admitted that at first she was concerned about the intensive training, scheduling and interaction that would need to be coordinated in such a short period of time for the implementation of the program. Steve Browne, President of Raving Service, works with supervisors first, then a design team, then the trainers and then finishes the program with every member of the frontline and the entire property. However, after seeing the program unfold, Joy told us that the intensive schedule worked really well because "her supervisors were totally immersed in the content, the rigorous schedule drove momentum and it also gave the entire team the sense of how important this new program was."
The Win
Since the creation, install and launch of the new, custom built service program, Joy told us that some immediate effects are already showing:
- An increase in employee camaraderie and rejuvenation.
- Guests and managers have noticeably seen more smiles, guest interaction and excitement.
- There has been a visible increase of input from team members through the committees that were formed.
- The entire team, frontline and management, are encouraging each other and talking about the program amongst themselves and with guests.
- Departments have seen an increase in tips; most notably valet and F&B.
- Through their measurement tool, they definitely expect to see improvement from their initial benchmark scores. They like this evaluation method as it is based on their own standards and a specific scoring method, nothing subjective. The mathematical scoring will be important in allowing Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's to create more performance incentives and evaluate employees.
Thank you to Joy and the team at Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's for sharing their results with our readers.


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A food day in Siena
Yesterday we went on a "Taste of Siena" walk and class offered by The Tuscan Wine School. It was great fun. We walked to some great shops tasting Pecorino cheese, various cured sausages, fantastic coffee, pastries, olive oil, chocolate and, … Continue reading
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EL DORADO COUNTY — A man and woman are under arrest and face multiple drug charges, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's department narcotics unit served a search warrant in Cameron Park on Tuesday. Detectives were investigating individuals suspected of buying drugs from international sources and then using the drugs to make forged pills to sell in the community.
Detectives seized several pounds of illicit compounds, tools used to make pills, evidence of sales and controlled substances.
The man and woman were arrested and booked into El Dorado County Jail on charges of possession of a controlled substance for sale, conspiracy and furnishing a dangerous drug without a prescription.


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Peanut Butter and Jelly, Also Racist
What's that lurking in your lunch box? Could it be a heaping helping of racism?
This, from the Portland Tribune:
Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.
Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.
"What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?" says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood.
"Another way would be to say: 'Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?' Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita."
Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools' principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of "Courageous Conversations," the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.
Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own "white privilege," then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students' performance.
Last Wednesday, the first day of the school year for staff, for example, the first item of business for teachers at Scott School was to have a Courageous Conversation — to examine a news article and discuss the "white privilege" it conveys.
Let's just hope you're not eating a PB & J in Chicago.
In the meantime, I will continue to take umbrage with the following product:
Video: First Gay President Thanks Gay Porn King at Fundraiser
At a fundraiser last night, President Obama, whom the left has hailed as the 'first gay President', praised a man known as a 'gay porn kingpin' for organizing the event.
"I want to thank someone who put so much work into this event, Terry Bean," President Obama said as the crowd began to cheer. "Give Terry a big round of applause."
Terry Bean is, according to the New York Post, a "gay-porn kingpin."
"ONE of the 'bundlers' who has raised $50,000 to $100,000 for the Barack Obama presidential campaign is Terrence Bean, who once controlled the biggest producer of gay porn in America," the Post reported in 2008, during the president's first run the office. "Bean, the first gay on Sen. Obama's National Finance Committee, is the sole trustee of the Charles M. Holmes Foundation, which owned Falcon Studios, Jock Studios and Mustang Studios, the producers of about $10 million worth of all-male pornography a year."
The New York Post reported in 2008 that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongowski returned a $15,000 donation from a company associated with Bean in an effort to avoid the "taint" of the porn connection.
The President however, is clearly not concerned about any 'taint'. He is shameless when it comes to campaign contributions, having exploited gay issues in the past for his own personal gain. Within a week of announcing his gay marriage flip-flop for example, Obama was hawking 'My Two Dads' onesies on his campaign wesbite.
Pandering is one thing. Should the President of the United States really be courting the campaign prowess of a 'gay porn kingpin'? Is this not beneath the office?


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Breezy Point Sign Install Day Hike - October 3, 2015 - 8:00 am - Bend, OR 97701
This is a FCCW stewardship opportunity to install 1 sign. Some people may help carry tools in and out and others do the installation. We have all tools needed. No experience needed. Horse Lake basin has options for loop hikes and will also include Island Meadow area. About 10 miles roundtrip and 600ft elevation gain. The trail head is Elk Lake just across the hwy from the Resort. Please bring all of your own hiking gear, work gloves, map and food, water, NW Forest Pass. No dogs please.
Registrations so far:
- Bill Burwell – 1 person/people attending
- Dave Alward – 1 person/people attending
- Joanne Richter – 1 person/people attending


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Coming & Going: NonBusinessy Wheeled Luggage
High Rollers
If you've ever tried to travel with nonwheeled luggage—perhaps you were on vacation and wanted to differentiate yourself from the airport-masses that were surely headed somewhere less exotic—then you know why wheeled luggage was invented: Rolling something as heavy as a small child is far, far easier than schlepping it on your poor shoulders.
But style points need not be sacrificed for convenience in this case. Not all wheeled luggage will cause people to mistake you for a mileage-racking road warrior. Choose a piece made...


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Claudio Antares Mezzina
+39 0583 4326 723
Dr. Claudio Antares Mezzina received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, from both Université Joseph Fourier (France) and Università di Bologna (Italy) in February 2012, under the supervision of Jean-Bernard Stefani and Davide Sangiorgi. During his PhD he focused on the interplay between concurrency and reversibility in the setting of Higher-Order Pi (thesis). Before, he received a Laurea Degree cum laude from the Univerità di Bologna (October 2007). Since February 2008 he has been a member of the SARDES team at INRIA Rhone Alpes in Grenoble. Before joining the SysMA research unit at IMT as Assistant Professor in December 2014, he has been researcher within the SOA team at FBK in Trento working on adaptable business processes, goal models and smart cities.
Research Interests
His main research interests include formal methods, reversible computing, programming abstractions for fault-tolerant systems, distributed systems, adaptable systems, programming languages and compilers.
- Italian MC member of the COST action IC1405 on reversible computation
- WG-Leader of the Software and Systems working group of the COST action IC1405 on reversible computation
- Marie Curie Individual Fellowship winner project RCADE
Recent Papers
- On Reversibility and Broadcast RC 2018
- A Parametric Framework for Reversible pi-calculi EXPRESS/SOS 2018
- Reversible Choreographies via Monitoring in Erlang (with E. Tuosto and A. Francalanza) DAIS 2018
- Improving availability in distributed tuple spaces via sharing abstractions and replication strategies PDP 2018
- A Safety and Liveness Theory for Total Reversibility TASE17 (with V. Koutavas)
- Causally Consistent Reversible Choreographies: A Monitors-as-Memories Approach PPDP17 (with J. A. Pérez)
- Reliability and fault-tolerance by choreographic design PrePost17 (with E. Tuosto and A. Francalanza)
Recent talks
Current Working Papers
Journal Articles
- Static Vs Dynamic Reversibility in CCS (submitted)
- Evaluating the efficiency of Linda implementations. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley)
- Reversibility in session-based concurrency: A fresh look J. Log. Algebr. Meth. Program (Elsevier)
- Causal-consistent rollback in a tuple-based language J. Log. Algebr. Meth. Program (Elsevier)
- Reversibility in the Higher-Order pi-calculus Theor. Comp. Sci. (Elsevier)
- Causal-Consistent Reversibility Bulletin of EATCS
- PC Member of Reversible Computing (RC) 2018
- PC Member of Express/SOS 2018
- PC Member of 11th Interaction and Concurrency Experience (ICE) 2018
- Training School in Reversible Computation (28-31 August 2017, Torun, Poland )


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Hasbro lights up Jedi mission with Teletoon
A Star Wars contest hosted on the Teletoon website asks consumers to play a game of good vs. evil for a chance to win a Lightsaber training party.
Hasbro is creating divisions among Star Wars fans with a 'Choose Your Destiny' contest, developed in partnership with Teletoon. The contest, which promotes Hasbro's Star Wars toys and games, asks fans visiting Teletoon.com to choose either the light or the dark side (Jedi or Sith) and enter for a chance to win a Lightsaber training party worth about $4,700.
ZenithOptimedia handled the partnership, which includes by big box ads and promo windows on the Teletoon website, links on the Teletoon game pad and two different on-air spots driving viewers to the Choose Your Destiny microsite. The contest targets boys aged six to 12, and aligns well with Teletoon's airing of all six Star Wars films throughout March and April.
The contest has received more than 17,000 entries since Feb. 22, and will run though to March 21. Whether the party features Sith training or Jedi training will depend on the winner – a Jedi winner would use an Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber, while a Sith winner wields the Darth Vader Lightsaber.


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April 21, 2016 North Dakota Tourism E-Newsletter
Keep up on the latest tourism industry news impacting North Dakota
April 21, 2016 Newsletter
Travel Updates
Message From the Director
North Dakota Talks Travel in Chicago
Travel Industry Conference
Online Events Calendar Added
Tourism Spreads the Word at Sport Shows
Midwest Travel Twitter Chat features ND May 4
Group Travel Expert Tip
Cooperative Marketing
On Dasher
Travel Updates
- Construction begins on 13-mile stretch of westbound I-94 near Medora. Expect delays. Scheduled to be complete late fall.
- Fluffy Fields Vineyard is now open near Dickinson.
- Lake Darling to open early
Message From the Director
It was great to see so many partners at our Travel Industry Conference in Grand Forks last week. Thanks to the Greater Grand Forks CVB for being such awesome hosts! It is always a great way to connect, collaborate and kick off the summer travel season. Those who attended heard me talk about our focus on driving more overnight stays this season. While the state's main objective still needs to be inspirational, we have also developed strategies to drive more room night sales in an effort to improve our occupancy rates. These will evolve as the season progresses and include messaging about the availability and affordability of our hotel rooms. This message is in contrast to past years where occupancies have made it difficult to find rooms in many communities and other national park areas in the region, which are sold out due to the 100th anniversary of the National Park System. You will see more "book your room" and "extend your stay" suggestions in ads, subject lines and in travel counselors' conversations. We will use our paid advertising vehicles like email, native advertising and digital ads, as well as our own channels like our website, consumer e-newsletter and social media.
At the conference, we also talked about fewer Canadians crossing into our state and the challenges of the lower Canadian dollar. The value of the Canadian dollar set a 10-year low in January at .68 and the last time the exchange rate was this low was July 2004. When we compare our Canadian traffic from 2015 to 2004 – we had 24% more traffic. This shows that consistent marketing has paid off. During the first week of our digital advertising run, traffic from Canada was up 232% and the click-through rate on the campaign is well above the industry average in all markets, and is best in Canada.
As we get ready for National Travel and Tourism Week, May 1-7, it is a good time to remind our residents and policy makers that our industry is important to our state economy. Tourism generates revenue, helps diversify our economy making us less reliant on commodity-based ag and energy, and it improves our quality of life. So celebrate and advocate!
North Dakota Talks Travel in Chicago
North Dakota Media Relations Director Kim Schmidt recently promoted North Dakota in the Chicago market, where she had an opportunity to visit with media professionals and share North Dakota's "Legendary" opportunities. A few key appointments included the Chicago Tribune and a radio interview with WGN. To find out more about the media mission, feel free to contact Schmidt.
Travel Industry Conference
The annual North Dakota Travel Industry Conference was held April 11-13 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. Keynote speakers included CBS Radio host and brand strategist Roshini Rajkumar, former Vice President of Travel Michigan George Zimmermann, co-founder of Emerging Prairie, Fargo TedX and 1 Million Cups Greg Tehven and Vice President of Bluebridge, Adam Weber. Attendees are asked to click here to evaluate this year's conference.
Congratulations to this year's winners of the Governor's Awards for Travel and Tourism: Medora Musical 50th Year Anniversary, Attraction of the Year; Mike Beaudoin, Travel and Tourism Industry Leader; Victoria Solis, Behind the Scenes Tourism Employee; North Dakota State Fair, Event of the Year; Norsk Høstfest, International Tourism Award; Carolyn Schweitzer, Front-line Tourism Employee; Jamestown Tourism, Tourism Organization of the Year.
Online Events Calendar Added
Now more than ever, it's important to get people into your communities and into your hotels and motels. Take advantage of free events listings that might draw people into your cities and towns. North Dakota Tourism has compiled an easily accessible calendar of events with a link from the NDtourism.com homepage. Events are placed by partners onto the website through Partner Access and the calendar is pulled from that listing. The calendar is updated regularly as events are added. Click here or go to the homepage to view the calendar online. Links are live for digital users and the PDF format can also be printed.
Tourism Spreads the Word at Sport Shows
North Dakota Tourism has completed another successful year of outdoor sport and travel shows. Tourism staff recently exhibited at five travel and sports shows across the Upper Midwest. More than 7,700 people visited with North Dakota Tourism at those shows, matching the total from 2015. North Dakota Tourism promoted the state at the Denver International Sportsmen's Exposition, Denver; Chicago Travel and Adventure Show, Chicago; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sport Show Milwaukee, Wis.; and Minneapolis Camping and RV Show and Northwest Sport Show, both in Minneapolis. "Visiting national parks and fishing were the most commonly asked-about topics," North Dakota Tourism's Outdoor Promotions Manager Mike Jensen said. "Show attendees were very interested in taking advantage of low gas prices and were much more open to longer road trips this year."
Midwest Travel Twitter Chat features ND May 4
Join North Dakota Tourism on May 4 to talk about all of the #NDLegendary adventures taking place in North Dakota this year. This is the perfect opportunity to showcase your destination, attraction and event to a captive Midwest Blogger audience. Click here for more or contact Kim Schmidt if you have any additional questions.
Group Travel Expert Tip
Position now for your future tour groups. Click here to learn more.
Cooperative Marketing
Have a fall event or a tourist destination in need of promotion? Our fall Canadian newspaper insert is the perfect way to showcase your North Dakota legendary adventure. We have four 1/8-page placements available. They are first-come, first-serve and can be reserved by contacting Maria Hager today!
- M Magazine, Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine has spots available in the June issue. As an advertiser, you will benefit from a free link to your website from M Magazine's complimentary digital edition. Deadline to reserve is April 27. Please contact Laura Schmidt for more information.
- Take advantage of a new, customized opportunity to get the word out on your destination with individualized eBlasts. Be the only voice showcasing your destination to our 20,000 leisure and more than 3,000 hunting and fishing subscribers. However, because this opportunity is only available once per month on the leisure side and quarterly for hunting and fishing, it's first-come, first-serve. Leisure eBlasts are $2,000 per send while hunting and fishing are $800 per send. Contact Mitch Knothe (208-869-5178) to take advantage of this personalized opportunity or for more information.
Make your advertising dollars go further by partnering with North Dakota tourism. From print advertising to digital deployments, our cooperative opportunities are designed to aid you in showcasing your destination to thousands of potential visitors. Contact Hager for more information.
On Dasher
North Dakota Tourism has a visual presence at the IIHF U18 World Hockey Championships in Grand Forks. North Dakota Legendary is featured prominently on a dasher behind each goal. The placement gives great exposure to a worldwide audience in many countries that are heavily marketed by North Dakota Tourism, including Denmark, Sweden, Canada and Finland. The tournament concludes April 24.


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By Sandra Kraisirideja
"Moms' Night Out" is a faith-based comedy about everything that can and does go wrong during a much-needed night out for three moms.
As the movie begins we are introduced to Allyson, played by Sarah Drew of "Grey's Anatomy," a loving mother of three who is having a hard time keeping up with the demands of parenthood. In short order we meet her best friend Izzy, played by Logan White, and the pastor's wife, played by Patricia Heaton of "Everybody Loves Raymond," who Allyson looks to for inspiration.
Their moms' night out gets off to a bad start when the restaurant they've chosen has the wrong date for their reservation. Then Allyson's sister-in-law, Bridget, played by Abbie Cobb of "Suburgatory," discovers her baby's daddy has left their child at a tattoo parlor and the night turns into a search and rescue for the baby.
Trace Adkins plays a tattoo artist with a tender heart who helps the girls in their search and Sean Astin plays Allyson's loving and supportive husband.
The movie, rated PG, refrains from any violence and foul language. Directed by brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin, who specialize in faith-based films, it's the kind of movie that's great for mixed age groups since it's not offensive in any way. The script was written by Jon Erwin and Andrea Gyertson Nasfell, who has written several faith-based scripts.
For the uninitiated, a faith-based movie puts religion, faith and belief in God front and center. Usually in movies, religion is used as a plot device or for narrative effect. In a faith-based movie, a character's belief in God is just who they are and there isn't anything strange about it.
If you've never seen a faith-based movie it can be a little jarring to hear characters speak about their beliefs without irony or dramatic effect.
The thing about "Moms' Night Out" is that it could as easily been an R-rated comedy with different actresses but this doesn't mean the movie would have been any better.
It's not a terrible movie, but it lacks any real conflict and the humor is fairly predictable. Surprisingly there are two actors in bit parts who create very memorable characters with the short amount of time they have on screen. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, billed as Hostess and Manwell Reyes, credited as Tattoo Desk Guy are both very funny.


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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce - Season 4
Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from her divorced friends rather than her married ones and it leads her to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.
- Release
- 2017
- Country
- Quality
- Duration
- 60 min
- IMDb
- 5
Keywords: Beau Garrett, Lisa Edelstein, Necar Zadegan, Paul Adelstein


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A Month of Self-Published Comics: Izzy Challenge #5
This month I am posting a review of a different self-published comic book each day for the rest of the month! Here is an archive of the books reviewed so far!
Today I'm featuring 50 States Jam: Izzy Tours America, which appeared in Izzy Challenge #5 by J.B. Winter.
I feel a bit weird reviewing 50 States Jam: Izzy Tours America, because it's such an accomplishment of effort that whether it is a good comic or not seems a bit petty to determine once you figure out all the effort put into this comic, which costs a BUCK!
In the comic, writer/artist J.B. Winter takes his Izzy character (a cartoon mouse) on a cross-country tour of the United States of America, and his travels are told via a "postcard" of sorts from each state.
Well, what Winter did was he drew Izzy in 50 different poses, then sent the drawings to 49 cartoonists from 49 other states (Winter drew his own state, Missouri) who filled in the background of Izzy's adventure in their respective state.
How freakin' pain-staking and amazing is THAT?
The end result included the following cartoonists:
Alabama – Kirk Creel
Alaska – Lee Post
Arizona – Keith O'Brien
Arkansas – Kenneth Siemens
California – Jeff Plotkin
Colorado – T. Motley
Connecticut – Isaac Cates
Delaware – Margaret Crosby
Florida – Mark Morehouse
Georgia – Jon Chad
Hawaii – Jon Murakami
Idaho – Steve Willhite
Illinois – Joshua W. Cotter
Indiana – Tom Cherry
Iowa – Brian Payne
Kansas – Dale Martin
Kentucky – Steven Doty
Louisiana – Jason Reeves
Maine – Michelle Souliere
Maryland – Michael Munshaw
Massachusetts – Larry Johnson
Michigan – Matt Feazell
Minnesota – Danno
Mississippi – Darren Schwindaman
Missouri – JB Winter
Montana – Jason Jam
Nebraska – Scott Stewart
Nevada – Aberrant Press
New Hampshire – Colin Tedford
New Jersey – Mike Storniolo
New Mexico – Danny Green
New York – DC McNamara
North Carolina – Mark McMurray
North Dakota – Jason Siebels
Ohio – Max Ink
Oklahoma – KC Green
Oregon – Justin Kelly
Pennsylvania – Steve Peters
Rhode Island – Jack Turnbull
South Carolina – J. Chris Campbell
South Dakota – Sarah Morean
Tennessee – Kevin Williams
Texas – Barry Rodges
Utah – Nick Perkins
Vermont – Mogan Pielli
Virginia – Brien Wayne Powell
Washington – Mark Campos
West Virginia – Raven Perez
Wisconsin – Tea Krulos
Wyoming – Gloria Pike
Amazing, isn't it?
So yeah, the end result is a slight story (a cute one, but still slight), but good golly Miss Molly, that's a sure lot of work put into this comic!
And it could be yours for a BUCK!
Check out a sample page (courtesy of the estimable Shawn Hoke)…
If you'd love to read this epic story, head over to Winter's online shop here and nab yourself a copy!
If you would like to participate in the month with your self-published comic, there might still be time (depending on how fast you mail out comics). Just check out the Review Copies section to see where to mail a review copy of your comic.
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A: Summary
This submission introduces OraTaiao: The NZ Climate and Health Council, describes the basis for our submission, and provides links to two NZ Herald opinion-editorials and a peer-reviewed medical journal paper that elaborate on our concerns.
Our main concern is:
Climate change is a major issue of human health and survival. It requires urgent action globally and in New Zealand (NZ) to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions – particularly the emissions from fossil fuels. The TPPA will hinder the ability of NZ (and the other signatory nations) to pass policy and regulation to achieve this.
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622 Sukhumvit Road, Klongton,Klongtoey 10110(Show on map)
(783 Reviews)
With a prestigious combination of a 5-star hotel and luxury-serviced residences, enjoy one of Bangkok's most sought-after business and leisure addresses where the lifestyle is both unique and privileged. Complementing the hotel's prominent location on Sukhumvit 24, are its 378 smart room sizes with floor-to-ceiling windows taking full advantage of the wonderful natural light. Plus, a full range of exclusive facilities with the modern convenience of Wi-Fi access throughout the property.
Our genuinely friendly and caring service is further supported by our "Think First Think Earth" initiative that adopts responsible environmental, economic and social practices to preserve our natural heritage for the enjoyment of the Thai people and the guests of this country for many generations to come.
With Emporium Suites by Chatrium authentic hospitality, this Bangkok luxury hotel is the right place to be and to have your every need met perfectly – comfort with creativity, service with style and luxury with a Thai touch!
Handy Smartphone is available at the compliment of the hotel for all the guest rooms.
Online Digital Newspaper is also available for all the guest rooms with the compliment while the hotel also provides the hard copies of local English newspaper and Japanese newspaper in the hotel lobby.
• Check In : 14:00
• Check Out : 12:00
• GMT Time : +07:00 - Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh,Jakarta
The Ultimate Address in Bangkok…Emporium Suites is a landmark on Sukhumvit Road, the perfect destination for business and leisure on one of Bangkok major thoroughfares. Atop the fashionable Emporium Shopping Complex, the very best is close at hand - work, recreation and lifestyle. Plus, a direct covered link to the BTS Sky Train, and a quick expressway access to the city's major roads making this all suites hotel one of the most successful hospitality ambassadors among all other Bangkok accommodations.
- Emporium Shopping Complex (0.0 Km)
- Villa Market Sukhumvit (0.5 Km / 6 min walk)
- Soi Cowboy (1.1 Km / 14 min walk)
- Thong Lo (1.3 Km / 16 min walk)
- Emquatier shopping complex
- Dinosaur Planet Theme Park is located at EmSphere between Soi Sukhumvit 22 and Benjasiri Park. Operating Hours are 10.00 am – 10.00 pm daily.
- 1 minute walk to Prompong BTS Station and 7 minute walk to Sukhumvit MRT.
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Oct 2011
Phua, Swee Khiow
The service from your hotel staff is impeccable. My family and I really enjoyed ourselves although there was a bit of delay during our check-in.
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Feb 2011
Afridi, Mumtaz Khan
As for stay in concern, it was comfortable, location is ok, services are nice but there is no wi-fi which is irritating.
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Let's look at our websites and social media from a proven sales perspective. Revenue Coach and author Kristin Zhivago helps helps brands become to customer-centric.
Does your website put customers off? You think your website describes your company and products or services. You think you're not "in the way" when they come to your site to learn about you – or via social media.
Check out slides and highlight's from Kristin's informative talk.
About Kristin Zhivago
Kristin is a revenue coach and author who helps CEOs and entrepreneurs grow their companies. She helps companies get to the next level in revenue, by understanding what their customers want to buy from them and how they want to buy it — and then structuring their companies to meet those needs and provide an exceptional customer experience.
Kristin also helps companies make the shift from company-centered to customer-centric. She has interviewed literally thousands of customers for her clients and has become an expert on the customer's buying process. Kristin blogs at RevenueJournal.com & for more information about her book: RoadmaptoRevenue.com.


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Since moving down to the South I've missed the luxury of a garden and the endless outdoor space it brings. Growing up in the countryside as a teenager I failed to appreciate the complete and utter quietness it brings, not to mention the garden spoils my green fingered mother grows (a skill she has clearly not passed onto me). The ability to pick bountiful rhubarb year round, strip fresh strawberries from their runners and pull apples straight from the tree are the things I yearn for most this time of year. I'm lucky that Chris' parents have a huge vegetable patch so during the spring and summer months I leave clutching piles of fresh spinach, chard and rhubarb to my chest like they're a new-born bebe.
I wanted to make something that really brought the garden to life in a bowl of warmth and comfort, to be eaten off your lap while watching the world go by. This is less of a recipe, more of a throw things together and marvel at the results simplicity brings. Our ingredients list is short and naturally sweet: peas, parsley, pasta, lemon, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes. Oh and cheese. Always cheese.
This recipe is as simple as chopping our ingredients, boiling our pasta, plunging our peas and spinach, and then shaking them all together with a dash of oil and pepper to bind the ingredients and create the quickest of sauces. Sometimes it's too easy to get wrapped up in the complicated and overtly fancy. Spring is about stripping it back and enjoying the ingredients as they are. So grab your favorite knife (come on guys I know we all have one) and your largest chopping board.
We chop our spinach into long ribbons, finely cut our parley and roughly chop the sun-dried tomatoes into thin strips. Zest the lemon to leave delicate strands that will run through the dish and give that bright scent need to liven up the parsley. Just before the pasta has finished cooking we drop in our peas and spinach to quickly blanch them. Then it's straight out of the pot to drain. Save a bit of the cooking water as starchy water makes a silky pasta sauce.
And then it's as simple as all our ingredients going back in the pan. Add a dash of water, a healthy glug of oil and then season to perfection with black pepper. Top with grated parmesan and dig in.
Ingredients serves two and easily doubled
Two big handfuls of conchiglie pasta, this type of pasta is good for capturing peas and all the sauce
One big handful of spinach, sliced into ribbons
1/2 cup of frozen or fresh peas
1/4 cup of sun-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
Half a bunch of fresh parsley, chopped
Zest and juice of one lemon
Healthy glug of oil
Grated parmesan to sprinkle on top
Black pepper
1. Put your kettle on to boil, a big sauce pan on the hob and 'Budapest' by George Ezra on the radio.
2. Once the kettle has boiled, pour into the pan and bring to the boil again. Season with salt and pour in the pasta.
3. While the pasta cooks chop all the ingredients and put to one side. When the pasta is almost cooked, add in the spinach and peas and cook for a further 1-2 minutes.
4. Drain the pasta, peas and spinach, reserving some of the water, and then place back in the pan. Add in the juice and zest of the lemon, a splash of the cooking water, oil, plenty of black pepper, parsley and sun-dried tomatoes. Divide onto plates and top with plenty of grated parmesan.


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Hi girlfriends!
I had some really stressful weeks behind me and I decided to treat myself with some new products.And this YSL Liptint is one of them.
Not gonna lie,this is probably the best lip purchase I made this year…THIS TINT IS EVERYTHING.
Okay,the weather last week here in Germany was crazy,it was snowing for 20 minutes ,then it started to rain for a bit and then the sun came out ?!?!
Anyways my point is,the weather made my lips so dry that it was constantly peeling.Which is terrifying AF. So naturally I was looking for something that can nourish my lips to the heaven and back and give it some colors at the same time.It was not easy,because most of the moisturising lipsticks were just slippery and enhanced every dry patch I had on my Lips.
Until I found this OIL tint , I mean if 4 different kind of oils in one tube is not going to moistures then I don't know anymore. The only drawback was,I read some reviews earlier this year and all 8 Colors they had was super sheer.But then the sale associate told me they have a new shade which is quite pigmented compare to the other colors.I tried it on,it was definitely not a red as the name and the color on the packaging suggests but the pink color was good enough for me and OMG my lips felt so smooth ,so nourished in a not sticky way! #Jackpot
Now the actual review part…
YSL says:
A revolutionary lip color with a lip tint suspended in a deep conditioning oil. Coat your lips with this lip tint for a lightweight texture that instantly melts onto lips. It is infused with a blend of four essential oils for deep hydration: apricot kernel oil, coriander fruit oil, jojoba seed oil, and possiflora edulis seed oil. Its exclusive applicator envelops the lips in full color and allows for a precise and uniform application. Lightweight and non-sticky, this lip tint offers a new and luminous shine while the tint effect enhances the natural beauty of the lips—making it the perfect combination for youthful looking lips.
Packaging wise,beautiful as always just like how we are used to from YSL. It comes in a long, sleek silver plastic tube with the YSL logo embossed in the corresponding color as the lip tint.
I enjoy the applicator a lot, it distributes the perfect amount of product and the triangle tip provides a precise application.
Scent wise,it has the same smell as the Rouge Volupté lipstick range.A sweet mango-ish scent.
The color of No.15 "RED MY LIPS" is not a red but rather a fuchsia pink with tiny micro shimmers.The finish is really glossy but it doesn't feel sticky like a traditional gloss,since the oil is on the thinner side.
You can layer the color but I would suggest to wait 10 to 15 minutes between the coats.I also noticed the Color darkens a bit in 10 minutes after applying.
The oil gets absorbed in about 2 hours and it leaves a light tint behind.
Overall I think even though the pigmentation is not the best you would find on the market,it's worth checking out,simply because of the super moisturizing benefits.
It costs about €28,99 / $32.00
And some swatches under my wrist. First applied and the tint it left behind after 15 Minutes.
Polybutene, Diisostearyl Malate, Octyldodecanol, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Tridecyl Trimellitate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocin-namate, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil/Apricot Kernel Oil, Alumina, Passiflora Edulis Oil/Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Coriandrum Sativum Oil/Coriander Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Oil/Jojoba Seed Oil, Magnesium Silicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Tin Oxide, Silica, Fragrance, [+/-May Contain: Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499/ Iron Oxides, Ci 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Ci 45410/Red 27, Ci 45410/Red 28 Lake, Ci 45380/Red 22 Lake, Ci 15985/Yellow 6 Lake, Ci 15850/Red 7, Ci 15850/ Red 6, Ci 19140/ Yellow 5 Lake, Carrot Oil/Beta-Carotene, Ci 15850/Red 7 Lake, Ci 42090/Blue 1 Lake, Ci 60725/Violet 2, Ci 75470/Carmine], (F.I.L. B166391/2).
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All right, sports fans, I've got a Sunday smorgasbrowse for you as we hope this weather improves.
What I've got for you today is a lot of notes and quotes and even a few big "Q's without A's."
If you have a response or any "Q's" I missed, just give me a buzz on the 24-hour Sportsline, 647-2499.
Now please make a note of that phone number and stop calling 761-1735. That was our old number, which now belongs to David Baldwin of Baldwin Trophies in Annapolis. It's the phone number at his new Glen Burnie residence.


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Here are the videos for the ten that advanced from today's Semi-Final. They will compete on Saturday with the qualifiers from Tuesday and the 5 exempt contenders (UK, France, Germany, Spain, and host Norway). The 5 exempt videos will be posted tomorrow.
Georgia: Sofia Nizharadze - Shine
Ukraine: Alyosha - Sweet People
Turkey: maNga - We Could Be The Same
Israel: Harel Skaat - Milim
Ireland: Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You
Cyprus: Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders - Life Looks Better In Spring
Azerbaijan: Safura - Drip Drop
Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Playing With Fire
Armenia: Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone
Denmark: Chanée & N'Evergreen - In A Moment Like This
Oh yeah, I'm writing for Gawker now
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Welcome to the new MSoft eSolutions web site.
MSoft specialise in providing cutting edge web based solutions for both the private commercial sector and public sector including key health markets.
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Allan is a Audio Engineer, Audio/Visual, & Lighting Technician. After moving from Los Angeles to Boston in 2009, Allan has been working off and on with cruise ships for the past 7 years as a FOH audio engineer & production manager. Allan is back in the states for the summer and will be working again with the Together production team.


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Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced legislation to protect religious organizations from Obamacare's overreach last summer. Now, as President Obama presses forward with his anti-conscience mandate, Blunt is prepared to keep the pressure on the White House.
"We want to be sure we've established the principle here that the Constitution establishes — that President Washington understood and President Jefferson understood, and my guess is, every president between them and right now understood — and that is respect for conscience is respect for religious freedom," Blunt said.
The interview runs about 4 minutes. Hosted by Rob Bluey and produced by Brandon Stewart. For more videos from Heritage,subscribe to our YouTube channel.


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Creating a compelling and effective website needs more than simply assembling pertinent data and transmitting it online. Similar to a proper research or paper introduction, a high caliber web design company requires much consideration of choice, association, and presentation of material with regards to the fundamental analysis itself. You ought to endeavor, most importantly, to be both clear-cut and involved in each part of responsive website design. In the absence of first, you will rapidly lose your group of onlookers. In the absence of second, you'll never get their consideration in any case.
Opportunities in the booming and developing fields of mobile application design and website design. The fast growth of handsets hyphenated with the requests for continuous content access by customers is creating breathtaking employment opportunities in website design & development fields.
Below are some tangible ideas for proving your Website a success:
Before you start:
Reckon your group of spectators and your objectives. You as a web design company should have a pellucid awareness of who is going to use your site? And what sort of experience you want to give? What precisely would you say you are attempting to fulfill here? Why is this imperative?
Design your theme on paper first. You can make a different leveled layout. On the other hand, you can draw a "family tree" of pages. In any case, it is fundamental to compose your data and layout the design of your site before endeavoring to execute your vision.
Great website design dependably takes into account the requirements of the client. Are your web guests searching for data, excitement, any sort of association, or to interact with your business? Every page of your site needs an apparent reason, and to satisfy a particular requirement for your website clients in the best way that could be available. In this age of mobile evolution, a website should be mobile friendly and Responsive Website Design should be implemented.
A thoroughly considered shading palette can go far to incline the guest experience. The reciprocal color property makes alignment and concordance. Utilizing differentiating color property for the content and background will make perusing effortless on the eye. Dynamic color property generates notion and may be used meagerly (e.g. for buttons and call to activities). To wrap things up, white area/negative space is exceptionally feasible at giving your site a contemporary and tidy look.
Ascertain your content is intelligible. Check the size, shading, and textual style of all content inside your site to affirm that it can be effortlessly perused. Be particularly watchful of dark or florid backgrounds that make content arduous to peruse.
Ensure your site is platform autonomous. Your site ought to be perceptible on both Mac and Windows machines utilizing Responsive Web Design to suit both of the most accessible browsers, Netscape and Explorer.
Conceive the requirements of your audience. Consider the transfer speed your site will need. Remember that not all users can have the luxurious of a high-speed connection. Minimize the memory demands of your website by compacting pictures and other substantial files. Mobile Application Design should look like state-of-the-art. Also, ensure every one of your pictures (images) have ALT-TEXT behind them. This makes the site ready to hand both to low-vision visitors and guests with moderate modems who have turned the pictures off.
Navigation concerns how simple it is for individuals to make a move and roam around your site. A few strategies for great navigation incorporate a legitimate page structure, outlining interactive buttons, and pursuing the '1-2-3-done-steps' which implies users will have the capacity to discover the data they are searching for within three clicks.
As the Web is unique in relation to print, it's important to regulate the content style to users' inclinations and browsing tendency. Writing that is focused on promotions won't be read. Lengthy content blocks without pictures and keywords asterisked in bold or italics will be passed over. Exorbitant language will be overlooked.
Address business. Stay away from charming or shrewd names, promotion instigated names, particular organization names, and unacquainted technical names. For example, if you depict a service and need guests to make an account, "join" or "sign-up" is superior to "begin now!" which is again better than "take a look at our services".
Soundly test your website. Call a companion to take a seat and examine your site. Ask them to think freely and loud, and vigil them explore the site. Test Early and Test Often or 'TETO' is a web design value that all website owners and designers must conceive. Preferably, you ought to evoke and consolidate input about your site over the span of creating it and in addition, when its nearing finished. Websites always require overhauls and upgrades to keep up the guest strides and client intrigue.
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Hypertension relates to high blood pressure.
High blood pressure often causes no symptoms, or immediate problems, but it is a major risk factor for developing a serious cardiovascular disease (conditions that affect the functioning of the heart and the circulation of blood around the body), such as a stroke or heart disease.
Patients with high blood pressure are monitored regularly by the practice nurse and or the doctor, during normal surgery hours.
Please make an appointment with the Receptionist.
External Sites:
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High blood pressure has no symptoms, but if it's not treated it can damage the kidneys, heart and brain.


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Ammonium sulfate, also known as ammonium sulfate, pure colorless orthorhombic crystals, industrial products are white to light yellow crystals; ammonium sulfate aqueous solution is acidic, insoluble in alcohol, acetone and ammonia; moisture absorption, moisture consolidation into a block; Heated to 513 ℃ above fully decomposed into ammonia, nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and water; Ammonium Sulfate with the role of alkali is released ammonia. Ammonium sulfate is mainly used as fertilizer, suitable for all kinds of soil and crops, can also be used for leather, medicine and so on.
Ammonium sulfate is an excellent nitrogen fertilizer, suitable for general soil and crops, can make leaves grow strong, improve fruit quality and yield, Ammonium Sulfate and enhance crop resistance to disasters, for some hi sulfur crops such as citrus, soybean, sugar cane, sweet potato, Peanuts and other significant synergistic effect, can be used for basal, top dressing and fertilizer. When used to avoid mixed with alkaline fertilizer to reduce fertilizer efficiency, not suitable for use in acidic soil, not on a long-term use of land. Industrial: ammonium sulfate can be used in the manufacture of compound fertilizer, potassium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium persulfate, ammonium alum, hydrogen peroxide, etc., can also be used as flux, fabric waterproofing agent, medicine for salting-out agent, Ammonium Sulfate osmotic pressure regulator Etc., refined ammonium sulfate can also be used for the manufacture of beer.
Ammonium sulfate referred to as ammonium sulfate, commonly known as fertilizer powder. Ammonium products are generally white crystal, by-product or mixed with impurities with yellowish, gray and other variegated, pure colorless orthorhombic crystal, industrial products for the white to light yellow crystals. (20 ~ 21)%, the physical properties of stable, high decomposition temperature (≥ 280 ℃), easy to moisture, the critical moisture absorption point in the relative humidity of 81% (20 ℃), soluble in water, 0 ℃ up to 70 g / 100 grams of water, Ammonium Sulfate fertilizer quickly and steadily. Ammonium sulfate in addition to nitrogen, but also contains about 24% sulfur, is also an important sulfur fertilizer. In the long-term application of sulfur-free high concentration of water and fertilizer in the region, Ammonium Sulfate soil sulfur deficiency is increasingly common, which makes these areas as an important source of sulfur supplementation of soil sulfur. Ammonium sulfate also contains a small amount of free acid and other crop nutrients.
Ammonium sulfate is mainly agricultural fertilizer and chemical, dyeing, medicine, Ammonium Sulfate leather and other industrial raw materials. Granular ammonium sulfate is commonly used in the manufacture of compound fertilizers and can also be used directly as chemical fertilizers.


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When installing the new capacitors, the positive lead is the longer lead, and the negative lead is the shorter lead. The capacitors have a long wide line printed on the side, that matches up to the negative lead on the capacitor. This must be properly aligned with the proper holes on the power supply printed circuit board and/or the main logic card / motherboard. Make sure the capacitors are installed properly. The circuit board is typically marked with a circle of where the capacitors mount, and the positive or negative terminal is also indicated on the PCB. *Warning: If you install the capacitors in backwards, they will become damaged or explode when the unit is turned on. Making this mistake, can also damage other components in your iMac. So, pay attention, and be careful. If you are not sure, take a picture of your own power supply and/or mother board before you start working on it, so you can reference the old ones with the new ones.
I suggest you replace one capacitor at a time, so you do not mix up which one goes where. Another warning. Don't make this mistake of installing them in the wrong location, because the power supply and/or the mother board will not function properly.
In addition, be aware that there are surface mount components on the bottom of the PCBs on both the motherboard and the powersupply units. Be careful when soldering. I suggest reading the lead-free soldering tips section carefullly. A standard 60/40 solder (though you might want to read the information first), or lead free rosin core no-clean solder may be used. Do not use acid core or acid flux with your solder. Damage to the circuit board will result if you use the wrong solder core type.
Please be aware that not all the power supplies, and to an even lesser degree, some of the motherboards can be repaired with just the capacitors being replaced. Sometimes a power supply blows something else besides the capacitors. Diodes, rectifiers, transistors, resistors, and surface mount components can go bad because of the iMac G5 capacitor failures. I will say this though, there is a high degree of success in replacing the caps on the Power Supply Units and an even higher repair success rate on replacing the caps for the MOBs to get the Apple iMacs working again. The caps on the PSUs are actually easier to unsolder and solder on the printed circuit board in comparison to the MOB caps.
After your logic card is repaired, don't forget to apply fresh, high quality heatsink compound before it is re-installed back in the chassis. This is very important for the proper cooling of the main chip, located on the bottom side of the iMac G5 logic card.
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My experience in instrument repair and maintenance began when I was a young child. I always had to know how things worked so I'd take everything I owned apart. It wasn't until I was older that I realized you could actually put something together after it was in a million pieces.
I have a vision for my company and that vision is based solely on being honest and providing astonishing customer service. I am not the best guitar tech in Dallas but I'll be the first to tell you when I can't do a job to your expectations or my standards and help you find someone that can. I only offer a service that I can be proud of. I strive to bring a humbly incredible customer service experience to each and everyone of my clients.
I truly know what it means to be a musician and how important an instrument can be in your journey of personal expression. What kind of guitar tech would I be if I wasn't able to work with my clients and help them achieve their goals as musicians. My clients are my family and are treated as so.
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RESTRING/CLEAN $15 ($20 for Classical/12 string and Floyd Rose)
Don't have time for a restring or wanna learn how to do it yourself? Let us help! Our restrings include a general cleaning/polishing, polishing frets, cleaning/conditioning the fretboard, restringing and stretching to ensure tuning stability. Add an Intonation adjustment for an extra $5.
BASIC SETUP $50 ($65 for Specialty instruments Floyd Rose)
Need a professional adjustment to get your guitar playing like a dream? Our approach to stringed instrument setups is one of the most comprehensive in the business. Our setups include everything included in our string change as well as, a neck adjustment, action height, nut slot conditioning, saddle polishing, minor fret work (if needed), cleaning of electrical components, intonation, setup profile page and a 30 day guarantee.
Over time the frets on a stringed instrument start to show signs of wear from playing. If you're noticing that certain notes aren't ringing out as clear as they used to or the sustain has become affected by the frets flattening out, then maybe it's time to consider a fret dressing. We exercise the utmost care for your instrument during this procedure. Every fret is checked after the initial level to a thousandth of an inch, then we crown the frets using machinist techniques to ensure the best possible sustain and clarity in the final product an finally we polish every fret to 6000 grit micro finishing papers ensuring that there is the least amount of drag while performing string bends. Every fret dressing includes a setup.
Looking to increase sustain and strengthen the tone of your instrument? Our custom hand made bone nut is specifically tailored for each individual instrument to ensure a perfect fit. We use locally sourced cow bone that has been treated to withstand the pressure of guitar strings over long periods of time as well as increase tone transferability to truly allow your guitar to sing. Inquire about other materials such as antler, buffalo horn and more.
Looking for a great way to increase the volume and tonal quality of your acoustic guitar? Our hand crafted bone saddles are custom fitted to each guitar. The overall sound and volume of an acoustic guitar starts where the strings meet the saddle. We offer compensated and uncompensated options depending on what your needs may be.
In the instance that your frets become to short to perform a fret dressing, you may consider a refret. Changing frets on a guitar can also help with playability and tone. Our approach to refretting a guitar is extremely cautious and meticulous. Please reach out if you would like more info on specific pricing or have any questions or concerns about a refret.
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Pot Replacement- $15
Switch Replacement- $20
Jack Replacement- $10
Acoustic Under-Saddle Pickup Install- $85
Acoustic Soundhole Pickup Install- $30
Coil Tap, Push/Pull Pot, Kill Switch etc. -$20+
Full Rewire- $75+
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Strap Button/Locks Install- $10+
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There are occasions when a particular passenger needs to cancel a pre-reserved ticket. It causes due to multiple reasons. If you are among them, you must be looking forward to knowing the process of withdrawing your ticket. And eventually, you are supposed to know the process of getting back the invested money. There are few things that you can do to get the refund from Delta Airlines. Having enough knowledge about risk-free cancellation is the first thing in this agenda. If your case if critical, you must qualify the conditions of risk-free cancellation. Here we go with those requirements.
The conditions for availing refund of a cancelled ticket
1. Your tickets should be refundable
2. You purchased the tickets with a credit card
3. Your tickets were purchased with cash or check
4. Your ticket must be issued with a ticket number that starts with 006 and followed by 10 digits
If your tickets qualify all the above conditions, there is a high chance for you to get a refund from Delta Airlines. You should know that the entire ticket refund request is treated by the rule of Delta Airlines. Well, you can also apply for a refund over the mobile phone or by using your mail. Delta Airlines provides you with a Delta Airlines Reservations helpline number that is quick enough to solve your problem within 10 seconds. It welcomes you with open hands in any hour of the day.
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Security, power and welfare are important attributes for the stability of the international system. These are faced by ever present real and perceived threats, which in turn will destabilize the international system.
The very first threat which comes to mind associated with international security is international terrorism. That international terrorism poses grave challenges to the security is an undeniable fact. However, by focusing on this one may forget that there are a number of other and sometimes not so obvious challenges which may pose even a larger threat to the world order. Some of these inevitably nurtures terrorism.
International Terrorism
Let us begin with international terrorism. This was a phenomenon largely unknown to the world until the Palestinians decided to globalize their struggle. The belief that the Arabs could militarily defeat Israel was shattered in 1967 with the Six Days War. This gave rise to a new breed of Palestinian terrorism which spread its wings even outside the small area for which they are in mortal combat with the Israelis.
International terrorism may have two types of groups. Firstly, there may be groups which operate in several countries, as was the case with some Palestinian groups. Also, there may be several domestic groups allied to each other for operational or ideological reasons. This can be seen in some left-wing terrorist groups and Islamic groups.
Al-Qaeda is a relatively new and lethal phenomenon of international terror, now largely but not entirely, eclipsed from the international arena. However, although the outfit has a central core group, it is in effect an alliance of various fundamentalist terror groupings around the world.
Domestic Terrorism
This brings the attention to a more challenging aspect, that of domestic terrorism. A vast number of terror organizations and insurgencies are domestic ones although they may be associated with foreign organizations for various needs. These domestic groups threaten the States where they are active. Mostly these are secessionist or are attempting to seize power. When the security of a State is affected it will have repercussions to the international community, at least in the near vicinity of the said State. There can be no international security without internal security.
Causes of Terrorism
Terror and all other challenges facing the international community are arising due to a number of socio-economic and political factors. The gap between the rich and the poor, class and caste differences, racial, linguistic and cultural divisions all increase the friction points in the societies.
An example of socio-economic issues directing an insurgency is currently seen in India, where despite the economic boom, a Maoist insurrection is increasingly engulfing the countryside. With the economic boom, the gap between the rich and the poor has grown considerably. In addition, India is having its inherent caste divisions still polarizing the society. The insecurity within India can become a regional issue if it goes out of hand.
International Crime
Another challenge to the international community is the increase in international crime. Narcotics trade, human trafficking, weapons smuggling and other illegal activities are growing around the world. Political instability, economic insecurity and increasing interaction among the peoples around the world are facilitating this phenomenal rise.
For instance, political tensions and increasing armed conflicts helped the weapons smuggling to grow out of proportion. Narcotics are also tied to armed conflicts and weapons smuggling as some insurgent groups depend on it for their finances.
Human trafficking is also a growing concern, which has risen to unprecedented levels in recent times.
Political Instability
Political instability is a dire threat to international security, welfare and power. While stability will not be the answer to each and every evil, instability is the nurturer of many.
The breakup of the Soviet Union is an instance where this was seen vividly. When the State broke up to pieces and law and order situation deteriorated, numerous problems sprang up. Economic collapse precipitated an increase in ordinary crime, narcotics usage, human smuggling, weapons smuggling and a plethora of other evils which became grave obstacles for the new republics. The increase of criminal activities in these areas had unfavorable repercussions throughout the world. The Russian criminal world has now spread its tentacles all over the world and so has the criminal networks of Albanian origin.
Rising Racial Tensions
Increasing poverty and political instability has driven citizens of the developing world to migrate to Europe and North America. Also, due to the rise of Islamic terrorism, especially after September 11 attacks, there is an increasing phenomenon of 'islamophobia' especially in Europe and the United States. As a result, there is a growing right-wing extremist tendency in these countries. The recent attack in Norway is but one illustration of the tendency. Extreme right-wing political parties are registering historic electoral victories in even very 'liberal' societies. While the mainstream political groups do not condone violence, this development is an illustration of the people's perceptions in these countries.
The Competition for Vital Resources
The industrialization and the rising population of the world drive the nations to compete for vital resources. The fact that many international disputes are in one way or the other connected to petroleum or a maritime boundary is no mere coincidence. The thirst for energy, in the form of the relatively cheap 'black gold' has made peoples go to war. The seas and Oceans, with their largely untapped resources are also a point of contention as nations are becoming increasingly aware of the vast potential in them.
Both industrialization and population growth has also rendered the available clean water resources limited. If the industrial pollution of water resources and deforestation are not curbed, a water shortage is predicted to occur in a few decades. There will be less water available for agriculture which in turn will make it difficult to feed the increasing population.
With this impending water crisis, there are considerable tensions between nations and even communities over water resources. This has always been a concern for rulers from time immemorial. However, it is going to be an ever growing concern in the near future.
Global Warming and Climate Change
Recently, the U.N. Security Council declared that the impacts of climate change are a threat to world peace and security. They give rise to natural disasters and other repercussions which will generate a number of challenges including human displacement, the reduction of the availability of water, reduction of agricultural productivity, food insecurity, health hazards, and energy crisis. These can in turn give rise to international disputes, terrorism and other security issues.
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear proliferation is causing long standing international disputes between the Western world and countries such as North Korea and Iran. Before the fall of the USSR, the nuclear proliferation of the two superpowers was the main cause of tension. After 1991, with the USSR out of the way, the U.S. seeks to prevent the so called 'rogue states' from acquiring nuclear weapons.
A further cause of insecurity is the possibility of a major nuclear disaster due to a terrorist attack or a natural disaster at a nuclear facility. This became a nightmare come true at Fukushima a few months back. In the fallout of Fukushima, the Green Party in Germany, for the first time in its history, was able to form a government at a State in that country.
With all these factors playing a role, it can be stated that global security, welfare and power are challenged by a multitude of factors. However, the root cause of all these can be found in inequalities between the elite and the people or the powerful and the powerless.
Billy, B. Racism on the Rise in Europe
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Muniruzzaman A.M.N. Climate Change: Threat to International Peace and Security
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FAO No Global Water Crisis, but Many Developing Countries will Face Water Scarcity
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Particles Plus offers a line of advanced-technology particle counters and air quality monitors. As the most vertically integrated particle counter manufacturing company in the industry, Particles Plus engineers and manufactures its own display, battery, vacuum pump, sensor and counting technology from the ground up. Added intelligence to each module results in products with superior performance and extended features. Count On Us for accuracy, quality, reliability and value.
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Pharma is a complex and highly regulated sector. There are a cans and cant do's when it comes to the marketing of pharmaceutical medication that marketers (especially digital marketers) need to be aware of when going about their activities. Also, there are generally many layers of approval and review required before publishing any content on any channel to ensure the legal and compliance teams are about to run their eyes past it.
We work with 3 main areas within Pharma; Consumer, Animal (Farm & Companion) & Prescription and we understand the needs of each group thoroughly. Our solutions in the Pharma sector tend to be around helping brand managers create the digital assets and strategies they need to achieve their outcomes for their brands. We also look at broader innovation projects within organisations and drive these forward. From large platform builds to websites with a CMS, Email Marketing support, native mobile and tablet applications and cutting edge tech like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), our team of solution experts will draw on their expertise and experience in the Pharma sector to ensure you reach your objectives.
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What is the explanation for repeated glaciations during the past few million years and how many glaciations have there actually been? How much and how fast has Earth's climate varied, what are the mechanisms behind major climate changes and how do we know? How has the landscape, vegetation and human life been affected by the glaciations? How do we affect the climate system today, what will our future climate be like and when will the next ice age come? If you attend this course you will get the answers to these and many related questions. You will also get a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest discoveries in Quaternary geology. The course starts with a lecture series combined with literature studies, discussions and brief excursions to Denmark and the province of Skåne (where Lund is situated). About two weeks are set aside for a written assignment on the climate and glaciation history of some specific period or part of the world, followed by oral presentation of the report. The course ends with an exciting excursion through southern Sweden to the Scandes Mountains where we will have a closer look at the evidence of former glaciations. The course provides practice in acquiring information from scientific primary publications as well as oral and written communication in English.
Period: Spring semester, second part (VT2), full time studies
Admission requirements: Minimum 90 ECTS credits in Geology or Earth Sciences, including GEOB21-GEOB25, GEOB01-GEOB04 or equivalent, and GEON05 Glacial Sedimentology - Processes, Sediments and Landform Systems, 15 credits, and GEON06 Palaeoecological Methods and Environmental Analysis, 15 credits, or equivalent. English B (advanced) proficiency.
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Our address is:
123 Insight Limited
10 Mill Court
The Sawmills
Please download the PDF Map which details all major routes to our offices.
Alternatively, use an online mapping site such as Google Maps or Streetmap.
You can check train times and routes directly on Thetrainline.com.
Southampton Airport (Parkway), next door to Southampton Airport is actually more conveniently located than Southampton Central. (The closest stations to our offices are Hedge End (1.8m), Botley (1.9M) and Eastleigh (4.2m), but they run infrequent services.)
Gatwick Airport is less than 90 minutes drive away, however there are several flights directly into Southampton Airport through FlyBE.
Flights are available from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Belfast City, Liverpool, Manchester, Dublin, Leeds/Bradford. Southampton International Airport is approximately 6 miles from our offices. Heathrow is about 70 minutes drive away.
As this region is also a major tourist resort there are many good hotels and B&B's available. Below is a small selection sorted in order of the closest to our offices.
Colden Common, Winchester, SO21 1JY
Bed and breakfast: £72.00 per person per night
Dinner, bed and breakfast: £102.00 per person per night
These rates would be based on single occupancy in a standard double bedroom. Upgrade and double occupancy supplements apply.
Rates also include: complimentary WiFi, complimentary car parking, full access to our leisure facilities (indoor swimming pool, spa pool, sauna and running machines), special bar offers Sunday to Thursday and Sky television in all rooms (including Sports packages!).
Please contact Marwell Hotel on 01962 777681 or email@example.com and quote '123Insight' to receive these preferred rates.
Bed and Breakfast: £85 per room per night including breakfast.
This is a year-round rate, so can provide significant savings during the summer months.
If you wish to book at this rate please contact the 123 Insight office directly to request discounted booking details.
Prices correct as of October 2015 and are subject to change at the hotel's discretion.
There are also several other hotels in the area:
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August Is National Immunization Awareness Month
The diseases that vaccines prevent can be dangerous, or even deadly. Protect yourself and your community. Make sure your family's immunizations are up-to-date.
Recognizing the Newest STAMP Enrollee: Wegmans Alexandria
Environmental Health Specialist Shannon McKeon and Wegmans Alexandria's Patrick Deans chat about STAMP, a voluntary enrollment program that recognizes food service establishments for their food safety management systems.
Nominate an eatery for food safety excellence
Lyme Disease in Fairfax County
Epidemiologist Shawn Kiernan discusses the prevalence of Lyme disease in Fairfax County and how residents can Fight the Bite!
Extended Walk-In Hours for Immunizations and TB Testing
The Health Department is offering special extended walk-in hours for immunizations and tuberculosis (TB) screening/testing for school entry at all clinic sites.
Please note, longer than average wait times may occur during walk-in hours.
- Friday, August 24, 1 - 3:30 p.m.
- Monday, August 27, 1 - 6 p.m.
- Tuesday, August 28, 8 - 10 a.m.
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Claudia Pellegrino, Office Service Manager with our Annandale District Office, talks about back-to-school health issues, including immunizations.
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Bookings When You Have No Bookings is a direct sales guide and beyond to getting and keeping your appointment calendar booked. Having appointments and bookings on the calendar is the life line of any direct sales, MLM or outside sales persons business. Heather Pich with 11 years in the direct sales industry and over 20 years of sales experience writes an easy to understanding guide on how to keep the calendar full. With tips, tools, scripts to say and more, you will find it simple and concise to read.
If you could have a calendar filled with bookings/appointments on a regular basis would you be more excited, feel more confident and more in control of your business or your professional sales career? If you could find a solution for every roadblock that a possible client/customers/hostesses could give you, would you take it, memorize it and use it on a regular basis? (Of course you would!!) So we all in agreement that if you could do those things mentioned you could become more successful in your business/sales and customer relations. Well guess what? This is exactly what we will be discussing as we go along in this book. We will figure out the correct thought process and steps that will allow you to get all the bookings/appointments on your calendar that you want and need. What can we do to create a calendar filled with opportunity and reality? It's all up to you!


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Munchkin loves to climb it and I love sitting there reading. It's our magical chair. The fairies left it there for our peace time.
The beautiful shrub has overtaken the three pots in there and I wouldn't change it for anything. It's beautiful.
See our magical peaceful chair. It's perfect. Better than a hammock.
When I learn how to meditate I will do so on this chair. It will become my peaceful, meditating centre.
I'm in LOVE with that chair. I wonder if they'll notice it missing when we move?